A bizarre piece of software, Shaking Web does just what the description suggests: Using the iPhone's accelerometer activity, it shakes the screen while you're browsing. The idea here is that if you browse while walking, you naturally shake the phone up and down, hence applying "anti-shake" technology (shaking the phone in the opposite direction of your hand) will create a more psychologically stable image. That's a cool thought, but it doesn't work. It only made my brain hurt. Instead of appearing more stable, the Web image seemed to shake even more violently than usual while I was walking and surfing via this $1.99 (direct) browser.

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The problem seems to be a very slight delay in the shaking effect. Like the times when the video and audio track on a TV show go out of sync, the screen image on the iPhone shakes just a few milliseconds after you move your hand. That actually makes the screen seem more wobbly.

If you're still interested in experimenting with the Wobbly Wide Web, Shaking Web's simple set of other features just isn't enough to make it worthwhile. The browser opens to a blank page, not a home page. Like the other Safari skins we tested, it has no auto complete for URLs or bookmarks, and it can handle only one window at a time. There's an address bar at the top of the screen; at the bottom are poorly rendered Back, Forward, and Reload buttons, as well as a "turbo" switch that lets you choose between shaking in one dimension (vertically) or two (vertically and horizontally.) All in all, Shaking Web is, so far, a failed experiment.

PCMag.com's lead mobile analyst, Sascha Segan, has reviewed hundreds of smartphones, tablets and other gadgets in more than 9 years with PCMag. He's the head of our Fastest Mobile Networks project, one of the hosts...

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